Augmenting Productivity and Profitability through Sesame with Sorghum Intercropping System

ELSagheer, Mohamed Elsayed; Hamd-Alla, Wael Ali; Ali, Ahmed Mohamed

doi:10.21608/agro.2025.382427.1687

Augmenting Productivity and Profitability through Sesame with Sorghum Intercropping System

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Grain sorghum Department -Field crops Institute-Agricultural Research Center

² Department of Crop Intensification Research, Field Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

³ Crop Intensification Research Department

10.21608/agro.2025.382427.1687

Abstract

A two-year field trial was conducted at Shandaweel Research Station, Sohag Governorate, Egypt, during the 2021 and 2022 cropping seasons to study the effect of different plant distributions of sesame intercropped with some sorghum cultivars on the yield and yield components of both crops. The field experiment consisted of nine treatments, three sorghum cultivars (Dorado, Sohag-1 and Sohag-3), and three sesame plant distributions at 50, 33.3 and 25% of the recommended sole crop density of sesame, using a split-plot design with three replications. The results revealed that the highest yield in sorghum was obtained with 100% sorghum + 25% sesame and sorghum cultivar Sohag-3. On the other hand, the highest yield of sesame was obtained with 100% sorghum + 50% sesame and sorghum cultivar Dorado. The highest total land equivalent ratio (1.31) was recorded from 100% sorghum + 25% sesame with Dorado cultivar. The highest net return (2516 USD/ha) was obtained with 100% sorghum + 25% sesame and sorghum cultivar Sohag-3. It can be concluded from the study that the intercropping system of 100% sorghum + 25% sesame with cultivar Sohag-3 gave the highest productivity and economic return.

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